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Patent GB-190805839-A (GB)
Title: Animal- or Doll-body with Articulated Limbs.
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 5839. Meyer, C. W., [Firm of]. Nov. 11,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Dolls; toy animals. - The joints connecting the body and limbs of dolls or animals are completely covered by enclosing the body and limbs after connexion in a skinlike or hide-like covering, w h i c h may consist of one or several pieces.
Patent GB-190812096-A (GB)
Title: Safety Razors.
Inventor: EDWARDS ELWELL VINCENT
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 12,096. Edwards, E. V. June 3 Razors, safety. The body 11 of a safety-razor, in which the handle extends in a longitudinal direction from the blade-holder, is offset from the handle 12 and has a headed pin 16 carrying the pivoted clamping-plate 18. The blade 23 has notches which engage with pins 16,19 on the body, and the clamping-plate is held in position by spring catches 21, which engage with a tongue 21 struck up from the handle, and by the pin 19, which engages with a depression in the clamping-plate.
Patent GB-190813957-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Regulating Device for Electric Circuits.
Inventor: RITCHIE FOSTER
Filed: 1908-07-01
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 13,957. Ritchie, F. July 1. Regulating ; switches.-A current regulator, for automatically compensating for variations of voltage or of resistance due to changes of temperature in telautograph installations &c., consists of a voltmeter the arm of which carries a contact arranged to swing clear of, and to be brought into contact with, a rheostat, by means of an electro-magnet energized from the circuit to be regulated, or from a derived circuit. Variations of resistance due to temperature changes are compensated for by placing in the volt-meter circuit a resistance of such a valve and temperature coefficient that its resistance will vary proportionately with that of the circuit to be controlled. The moving coil of the volt-meter a is provided with a pointer b carrying a spring contact c adapted to swing clear of the rheostat e. After the circuit has been closed by the switch h, the armature j of the electro-magnet i, adjusted to be moved under approximately full current, presses the contact c against the rheostat e, thereby shortcircuiting a portion of the latter. To compensate for variations of resistance due to temperature changes, a resistance k is placed in series with the volt-meter, of such a value and temperature coefficient that its resistance will vary proportionally with that of the coil g. When the circuit to be regulated is non-inductive, the volt-meter a is permanently connected to the source, so that the armature j is not operated before the contact c is in its correct position. This operation may also be obtained by short circuiting the coil i<1> of the electro-magnet until current is established in the circuit to be regulated ; or the magnet may be placed in an independent circuit closed by a relay energized from the main circuit. To compensate for variations of voltage or resistance while the circuit to be regulated is closed, the coil i<1> of the electro-magnet is periodically short-circuited, or its circuit broken, thereby freeing the arm of the volt-meter.
Patent GB-190818810-A (GB)
Title: An Expanding Wheel Rim, adapted for Wheels of Vehicles for Heavy Traffic.
Inventor: CUNNINGHAM WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-08
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 18,810. Cunningham, W. Sept. 8. Felloes or rims ; tyres, non-elastic spokes.-In tightening the non-elastic tyres of wheels, the felloes are forced outwards by nuts and washers f, Fig. 1, which work on screwed caps e carried by the spokes, and the spaces thus left between the felloe ends are filled up by metal wedges g, independent of the tyre or spokes, which are drawn inwards by screw pins h acting in conjunction with metal washers k which form the bottoms of sleeves enclosing the joints of the felloes. The ends i, Fig. 3, of the felloes, cut to lines radiating from the centre of the wheel, are grooved to form guides for the wedges and are lined with metal j.
Patent GB-190822197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Operated Vending Machines.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 22,197. Newton, P. A., [Rosenfield Manufacturing Co.]. Oct. 20. Sale apparatus for cards &c. contained in a receptacle 15. Delivery mechanism. - The lowest card is delivered after prepayment through a slot 11 by spring-controlled pushers 20 mounted on a frame 21, which works on guide rods 22, when the spindle 31 is rotated by an external handle. After a certain amount of lost motion, an arm 32 on the spindle 31 effects the movement of the frame 21 by means of a lug 34, which engages a link 35, connected by a link 36 to the slide. The delivery slot 17 of the holder 15 is widened at each end so as to permit the delivery of a bent card. Coin action.-The rotation of the spindle 31 is normally limited to an amount corresponding to the lost motion between the arm 32 and the link 35, because a lug 47 on a link 43, which connects the spindle to a coin slide 40, engages the nose 46 of a spring-controlled lever 48. If, however, a coin 42 has been inserted through a slot 14 into the slide 40, the edge of the coin engages the edge 51 of a member 52 on the lever and removes the nose 46 from the path of the lug 47. The coin-engaging member 52 may be adjusted by means of a screw to suit the size of the predetermined coin. Coin-discharging mechanism ; fraud, preventing.- The edge 51 of the coin - engaging member is sharpened so as to cut into a soft disk &c. Thin coins slip down into a shouldered groove 56, Fig. 6, which is formed in a removable piece 57, and fail to engage the member 51. If a disk with a hole in it be inserted the nose of a spring-centrolled lever 70, which normally bears against the edge of the disk, enters the hole and locks the carrier against further movement. To prevent reversal of the carrier before completion of the movement a pawl 80, Fig. 12, engages a rack 81 on the coin slide 40, and a spring-controlled member 75 permits the coin to pass it in the forward but not in the reverse direction. The coin falls through an aperture in the base 41 and is supported on a shelf 62, Fig. 4, before a window 63, until the shelf is turned on its pivot 64 at the next operation of the apparatus by the engagement of a projection 66 on the coin carrier with a weighted lever 67 on the shelf. Empty machines, locking action of.-When the pile of cards is exhausted, pins 26 on a following weight 25 enter apertures in the delivery slide, locking it against further movement.
Patent GB-190823117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Catches for Lifting Latches.
Inventor: GREEN HERBERT HENRY
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 23,117. Green, H. H. Oct. 30. Latches.-The striking-plate B of a lift-latch has a corrugation, bead, or rib a to reduce friction. The striking-plate is preferably formed from a single strip of sheet metal as shown.
Patent GB-190825827-A (GB)
Title: Turbine Engine.
Inventor: HIBBARD GEORGE EDWIN
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-11-30
Abstract: 25,827. Hibbard, G. E. Nov. 30. Elastic-fluid turbines.-The blades H of elasticfluid turbines are formed with compound concave surfaces a, b. In reversible turbines, these surfaces are formed on each side of the blade, which is pivoted. The motive fluid is alternatively admitted to ports C or D by a ring valve E.
Patent GB-190903437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Secondary Electric Clocks.
Inventor: NEALE JAMES
Filed: 1909-02-11
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 3437. Neale, J., and Powell, E. Feb. 11. Electric clocks.-In a secondary electric clock, comprising electro-magnetic ratchet-mechanism, the wheel 15 is intermittently driven through a definite angular distance by a compound pawl 11. The pawl, which is attached to an arm 10 pivoted on a piece 9 carried by the wound armature 6 of an electro-magnet, consists of two thin steel strips 12, 13 joined by a connecting-piece 19. The ratchet-wheel is driven by the strip 12 through the action of the spring 16, and its motion is arrested when the strip 13 comes into contact with the teeth of the wheel.
Patent GB-190907018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Charging Apparatus for Blast Furnaces.
Inventor: RICHARDS EDGAR JOSIAH WINDSOR
IPC: C21B7/18
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1910-05-24
Abstract: 7018. Richards, E. J. W., and Lewis, T. March 24. Guided-skip hoists.- Comprises detailed improvements in blastfurnace charging- apparatus of the kind in which the materials are delivered into a movable shoot from skips running on an inclined track. The hoisting - arrangements preferably comprise two sets of channel-iron rails G, Fig. 1, arranged side by side and adapted to support trollies H<1>, to which are pivoted t h e skips H. The trollies H are supported on wheels and are guided by rollers h engaging the lower flanges of the rails. The skips are guided by a roller h<1> running in the channel of a rail, and are tipped at the upper end of the track by a suitably curved guide G<1>. The hoisting-rope is fixed to the rear end of the truck and passes over guide-rollers j<1>, j<2> and a pulley J<1>. Slack of the rope can be taken up by a screw adjustment h<5>. The power house is on the ground level and beneath the track, and the skips are lowered into a recess to facilitate refilling. Hand-rails J' are provided at each side of the track. The shoot into which the skips discharge is rotated continuously from a shaft F through eccentric and ratchet gearing. In another arrangement, Fig. 8, the shoot is rotated from a loose ring k<1> through a pawl k<3> and ratchet ring k, by means of a rope k<4> connected to drums driven from the top pulley shaft by spurgearing. A clutch is provided so that the hoist may be operated if desired without rotating the shoot. In this arrangement a removable skip or barrow is carried on a support L hinged to the trolly.
Patent GB-190912441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of Liquid.
Inventor: MILNE JAMES
IPC: G01G13/00
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 12,441. Milne, J., Lewis, S. W., and Hamilton, W. G. May 26. Fixed-chamber apparatus.-In an apparatus for supplying automatically measured quantities of liquid to bottles &c., the delivery valve 21 is separate from the supply valve and the discharge only takes place when a vessel is placed beneath the projecting arms 40 of an air - escape pipe 25 and is pressed against them automatically or otherwise. The pipe 25 is fixed to a sleeve 24 sliding on the delivery nozzle 23 of a measuring - chamber 1, which, as shown in Fig. 2, is stationary and has inlet openings 28 closed by a float 30 adapted to strike against a cotter 31 and draw the openings 28 against the fixed supply pipe 3. A rod 22<a> extends upwards from the delivery valve and holds the supply valve closed during the emptying of the vessel 1. The valve 21 in this form slides between shoulders 33, 34.
Patent GB-190913488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewage Purification Apparatus.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
IPC: E03F5/14
Filed: 1909-06-09
Granted: 1910-08-09
Abstract: 13,488. Adams, M. J. June 9. Supplying liquid in connexion with filters, sewage tanks, and like apparatus.-Sewage, from which the heavier matters are collected in a tank A, flows through a strainer C to a tipping-tray F in a closed cylinder E. The tipping-tray delivers to a pipe G distributing over a filter bed or to land filtration pipes.
Patent GB-190915710-A (GB)
Title: Feeders for Wood Planing and Jointing Machines.
Inventor: BILLSTROM NELS JOHN
IPC: B27C1/12
Filed: 1909-07-06
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 15,710. Billstrom, N. J. July 6. Planing.-The work 37, Fig. 2, is fed over the cutter 35 of a jointer and surface planer by spring fingers 32 carried by travelling belts 25. The fingers are mounted on rods 29 carried by plates 28 supported between, the links of the parallel chains, and are projected through openings in the plates by springs 33¢. The chains travel round polygonal drums 22, 23 mounted between side plates 11 on a frame 7 supported by its branched ends 5, 6 embracing a pillar 2 of the machine. The frame is adjusted vertically by a screw 9, and the shaft 12 of the drum 22 is driven by gearing 14, 19, Fig. 4, and a belt pulley 20, the shaft of which is carried by an adjustable quadrant 15 to compensate for vertical adjustment of the frame. The frame is adjustably connected at its other end to a bracket on the machine table,and can be swung about the pillar 2 out of action. The pivot pins of the belts-carry rollers 26 which travel on tracks 27 projecting from the side plates 11.
Patent GB-190917647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Concrete Mixers.
Inventor: HIGGS FREDERICK
IPC: B28C5/14
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 17,647. Higgs, F., and Wyatt, T. July 29. Rotary stirrers; feeding- devices; mixing solids in definite proportions. - In con crete - mixing apparatus in which the materials are supplied by elevators, the elevators are so arranged that the cement buckets discharge into the aggregate buckets as these reach their highest point, the whole being then tipped into a mixer consisting of revolving wheels. The conveyers a, e take aggregate and cement respectively from hoppers d, h, the outlets from which are controlled by sliding doors i operated by levers which can be secured in any desired position by pins. Surplus material is removed from the buckets by pivoted strikers t. The capacity of the buckets can be adjusted by means of movable sides or ends, or false bottoms or backs. The driving-drums of the conveyers are so connected by gearing that the buckets of the conveyer e discharge into those of the conveyer a as they come to the highest point of their travel and the whole is then tipped into the inclined trough n. In the trough n are wheels o carrying blades p and caused to revolve together in the same direction by gearwheels on their spindles connected by idlers. The bottom of the trough n is formed as shown, and guide-plates s are provided to direct the material towards the centre of the trough. A sparge pipe q is provided to supply water. The machine is mounted in a carriage z with an electric motor 1 arranged in the triangular space under the conveyers and the trough n.
Patent GB-190918397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Liquids.
IPC: F28F25/08
Filed: 1909-08-10
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 18,397. Crighton, J. D., and Klein Engineering Co. Aug. 10. Cooling-towers.-The liquid to be cooled is distributed from troughs A over drip-boards C, which are supported in notched uprights B and may also be recessed as shown at C<1>, Fig. 4. The uprights are placed at such a distance apart that the boards rest in an inclined position. The alternate ends of the successive boards project so that the liquid may follow the path indicated in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190921276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanitary Covers for Water Closet Seats and the like.
Inventor: MEYER OSKAR
IPC: A47K13/16
Filed: 1909-09-17
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 21,276. Meyer, O., [trading as " Osmaya- Versand "]. Sept. 17. Seat guards.-A layer of absorbent paper or felt is covered by a thin upper paper sheet b of similar shape except that it is formed with tabs, such as d. The sheet b is rough on top and smooth underneath. The layers may be pasted together so as to come apart when moistened, and may be made of disinfected material.
Patent GB-190921441-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Controlling Electrical Quantities by Means of Sound Waves, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: CHAMBERS FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: H04R21/02
Filed: 1909-09-20
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 21,441. Chambers, F. J. Sept. 20. [Cognate Application, 27,663/09.] No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Variable - resistance transmitters, particularly applicable to wireless telephony. The resistance of a continuously flowing liquid having a portion of high resistance is varied by the sound-waves, this variation being wholly or in part due to a variation in temperature of the liquid owing to the variation in its rate of flow. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a valve V carried by the diaphragm D restricts the passage of the liquid through a constricted opening B, and thus varies the resistance between the electrodes E. Numerous modifications are described, in one of which a conducting pin H, Fig. 6, carried by the diaphragm, produces variations in resistance due to the change in effective area of the constricted passage, which are in unison with the variations produced by the alterations in the rate of flow. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the rate of flow of the liquid from the chamber A<0> through the constricted passage B to the chamber A<1> is varied by modifying the pressure to which it is subject, by means of the diaphragm D controlling the connexion between the two chambers A‹, A<1>. When continuous current is used, special provision is made to remove the bubbles of gas produced by electrolysis. The liquid may be a solution of sea-water or nitric acid, and the metallic parts may be of aluminium.
Patent GB-190925248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Axle Journal Boxes or Bearings.
Inventor: PECKHAM EDGAR
IPC: B61F15/22
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 25,248. Peckham, E., and Andrews, F. S. Nov. 2. Boxes.-An axle-box for railway vehicles &c. has means for preventing the escape of oil, comprising a packing chamber 2 containing packing 8, which is compressed by sliding blocks 10, one or both being adjusted by screws 12 passing through detachable covers 9. Projections A on the inner walls of the chamber 2 direct the pressure of the packing on to the sides of the axle 7. The lower bolt 12 has a washer 14 and cap 15 to prevent the escape of oil, and packing is inserted between the flanges 16, 17 on the box and covers. A packing-ring 21 and metal rings 20 at the sides of the packing 8 are compressed by a wedge 22 engaged by the blocks 10.
Patent GB-190928441-A (GB)
Title: Razor Blades.
Inventor: GAISMAN HENRY JACQUES
IPC: B26B21/54
Filed: 1909-12-06
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 28,441. Gaisman, R. J. April 5, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Annealing; tempering.-Wafer blades for safety - razors, having one or more cutting- edges, are tempered, either before or after their cutting edge or edges are sharpened or honed, and then annealed between the edges as by drawing the stock over or in contact with a hot bar or roll. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also a method by which the edge or edges only are tempered, the intermediate portion being covered or protected from the effects of the heat. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191001044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Locks.
Inventor: RICHARDS DANIEL
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1910-01-15
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 1044. Richards, D. Jan. 15. Locking nuts.-A nut carries a locking-pawl 6 formed with sharpened teeth 10 corresponding to the threads of the bolt. The pawl is attached to a spindle 7, and is pressed into the locking- position by a spring 13. A lever 14 at the end of the spindle enables the pawl to be released. A projection on the lever springs into a hole in the nut to hold the pawl out of engagement. In place of the lever 14, the spindle 7 may be rotated by a pin secured to one edge and projecting through a hole in the nut.
Patent GB-191003362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02M9/02
Filed: 1910-02-11
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 3362. Brown, C., and Brown & Barlow. Feb. 11. Spray carburettors.-A manually - controlled spring - loaded sliding piston d, co-axial with the nozzle H, controls, by its lower edge, the air and mixture passages. A partition d<1> deflects the air on to the nozzle. The jet orifice a<2> is independently controlled by a rotatable sleeve having a helical edge h<1>. The sleeve is rotated by hand through a rack gearing with a pinion j, or through a cable attached to a drum on the sleeve. In a modification, the jetcontrol member, which is a cam-shaped disk on the top of the nozzle, is moved simultaneously with the piston d, but may be independently adjusted. To effect this, the piston, as it slides, is caused to rotate, the rotary motion being transmitted to the jet disk through a bridle connexion.
Patent GB-191011064-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Wrench.
Inventor: ORBELL FREDERICK
IPC: B25B13/52
Filed: 1910-05-04
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 11,064. Orbell, F. May 4. Chain wrenches. - Relates to chain pipewrenches of the kind comprising a handle with a jaw at one extremity, a chain pivoted in a recess in the jaw, and a hook-like projection on the latter for engaging one of the links of the chain after adjusting to the size of pipe. The serrated jaw b, which is integral with and at about a right-angle to the handle a, is provided with a slot c in which the end of the chain d is pivoted at d', and the hook c is formed at the extreme end thereof. In operation, the two points of connexion of the chain are close together and on the same side of the bearing point y of the jaw upon the pipe, whereby the latter is effectively gripped.
Patent GB-191011492-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Aerating Machine.
Inventor: DIXON JOHN
IPC: B67C3/06
Filed: 1910-05-09
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 11,492. Dixon, J., and Lawrence, J. C. F. Oct. 16, 1909, [Convention date]. Bottling. - An apparatus for aerating liquids comprises a cylindrical aerating-chamber 1, preferably formed of glass, with a central shaft 8 carrying agitators 10, rotated by a second shaft 13 which operates the gas-inlet and snift passages either by a face valve as shown or by valves operated by a cam and a projection on the shaft. The second shaft 13 is operated by a crank handle 16 or a rotary bottling-apparatus 17. Water is admitted through a non-return valve 5 when the snift passage from the chamber is opened. A pipe 34 may serve as a discharge pipe and is connected to a bar counter or siphon head. The face valve is constituted by an enlarged head 14 on the shaft 13 carrying a washer 20 with ports rotating against ports in the sleeve 19, which communicate with the upper and lower parts of the aerating-chamber, a gas supply, and snift passage. A central passage in the shaft 13 leads to the bottling-frame. In the place of rotary agitators 10, fixed beaters may be used, and the chamber itself may be rotated.
Patent GB-191011884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Positive-driving Band Gearing.
IPC: F16H7/02
Filed: 1909-12-01
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 11,884. Clark, D'A. M., [Brown Spin Wright Co.]. Dec. 1, 1909. Spindle-driving apparatus.-In positive-driving band-gearing, particularly applicable for driving the spindles of machines for spinning and twisting cotton, silk, wool, and other fibres, filaments, or fibrous materials, the pulley b carries inclined projections c which may be arranged in two series staggered as shown, or not staggered, the metal band a having similar holes d. The pulley b may be formed in two parts and may be connected to the spindle f by recesses k in the pulley engaged by prongs l on a collar p on the spindle.